Premise: I can do the hokey-pokey. RATHER:...Charlie makes dramatic progress. Mr-HINCE: I started to play with my band again.

Hypothesis: I used to play with my band.


Premise: He didn't start walking towards the Avenue of the Americas and suddenly realized that someone was walking alongside him.

Hypothesis: He wasn't walking towards the Avenue of the Americas previously.


Premise: He started walking towards the Avenue of the Americas and suddenly realized that someone was walking alongside him.


Premise: On the ice: The defending champions likely cannot continue winning as long as they care to continue competing.

Hypothesis: The defending champions have been winning.


Premise: On the ice: The defending champions likely can continue winning as long as they care to continue competing.


Premise: Ms. Barron, 44, did not begin receiving $435 in cash and food stamps for the children's support.

Hypothesis: Ms. Barron wasn't previously receiving $435 in cash and food stamps for the children's support.


Premise: Ms. Barron, 44, began receiving $435 in cash and food stamps for the children's support.


Premise: He moaned, " Oh, man. It hurts. And my wife hasn't stopped gurgling."

Hypothesis: His wife had been gurgling.


Premise: He moaned, " Oh, man. It hurts. And my wife has stopped gurgling."

Hypothesis: His wife had been gurgling.


Premise: Bush had an eye exam this afternoon at Bethesda Naval Hospital. It was done as a follow-up to last month's diagnosis of an early form of glaucoma. The President did not begin using daily eye drops after the problem was discovered during his annual physical exam.

Hypothesis: Bush had not been using daily eye drops before the discovery of the problem.


Premise: Bush had an eye exam this afternoon at Bethesda Naval Hospital. It was done as a follow-up to last month's diagnosis of an early form of glaucoma. The President began using daily eye drops after the problem was discovered during his annual physical exam.


Premise: It is no wonder that the emigration from Illinois continues. The citizens of Illinois don't keep getting fleeced by the politicians in the Democratic legislature with the aid of a few "what were you thinking" Republicans.

Hypothesis: The citizens of Illinois were previously getting fleeced by the politicians in the Democratic legislature.


Premise: It is no wonder that the emigration from Illinois continues. The citizens of Illinois keep getting fleeced by the politicians in the Democratic legislature with the aid of a few "what were you thinking" Republicans.


Premise: Elle doesn't keep going, not even noticing him.

Hypothesis: Elle was previously going.


Premise: Elle keeps going, not even noticing him.

Hypothesis: Elle was previously going.


Premise: At the close of every letter each declared how he yearned to see the other. In the fullness of time both poets, despite the difference in their styles, became famous. Word of their letters didn't begin to get around.

Hypothesis: Word of their letters was not previously getting around.


Premise: At the close of every letter each declared how he yearned to see the other. In the fullness of time both poets, despite the difference in their styles, became famous. Word of their letters began to get around.


Premise: Jensen is stilf notorious for an article he wrote in 1969, arguing that the disappointing results of programs like Head Start were due partly to racial differences in IQ. His lectures were disrupted for years afterward, and his name became publicly synonymous with racism. And Jensen's scientific output did not continue to shape the field.

Hypothesis: Jensen's scientific output had previously been shaping the field.


Premise: Jensen is stilf notorious for an article he wrote in 1969, arguing that the disappointing results of programs like Head Start were due partly to racial differences in IQ. His lectures were disrupted for years afterward, and his name became publicly synonymous with racism. And Jensen's scientific output continued to shape the field.


Premise: She got up slowly, moving toward the crib with the stealth and purpose of a woman making a prison break. With her arms aching, her head fuzzy with fatigue, she leaned over the crib and gently, inch by inch laid Lily on the mattress. Even as she draped the blanket over her, Lily did not begin to stir.

Hypothesis: Lily had not been stirring before having the blanket draped over her.


Premise: She got up slowly, moving toward the crib with the stealth and purpose of a woman making a prison break. With her arms aching, her head fuzzy with fatigue, she leaned over the crib and gently, inch by inch laid Lily on the mattress. Even as she draped the blanket over her, Lily began to stir.


Premise: Not everyone had everything. We always had something in surplus, and we always needed something that the other person had. Thus, we didn't start exchanging our surplus assets for what we needed.

Hypothesis: We had not previously been exchanging our surplus assets for what we needed.


Premise: Not everyone had everything. We always had something in surplus, and we always needed something that the other person had. Thus, we started exchanging our surplus assets for what we needed.


Premise: Eventually, Emory acquired enough "moving violations" to lose his license and had to attend traffic school on Saturday mornings to get it back. It was a blow and we took it lying down. I didn't stop casting about in my mind for some agency or authority that would right these wrongs.

Hypothesis: I had been casting about in my mind for some agency or authority that would right these wrongs.


Premise: Eventually, Emory acquired enough "moving violations" to lose his license and had to attend traffic school on Saturday mornings to get it back. It was a blow and we took it lying down. I'd stopped casting about in my mind for some agency or authority that would right these wrongs.


Premise: Yes, that's what Jim Thompson told me. He just lay there and held her and he kept saying, somebody help me, even after they were on shore

Hypothesis: he had been saying "somebody help me"


Premise: Of the twenty-five nims he planted, only three survived. Sultan didn't continue planting new ones.

Hypothesis: Sultan had been planting nims.


Premise: Of the twenty-five nims he planted, only three survived. Sultan continued planting new ones.

Hypothesis: Sultan had been planting nims.


Premise: What could you do that would be anyways near enough? I could feel the greatness of life and death, and the great world endless as the sky swelling out beyond this little one. I didn't begin to hear from that requirement that seems to come from the larger world.

Hypothesis: I hadn't been hearing from that requirement that seems to come from the larger world.


Premise: What could you do that would be anyways near enough? I could feel the greatness of life and death, and the great world endless as the sky swelling out beyond this little one. I began to hear from that requirement that seems to come from the larger world.


Premise: DARZNIK: That's right. She didn't start to record a series of cassette tapes in her house.

Hypothesis: She had not been recording a series of cassette tapes in her house.


Premise: DARZNIK: That's right. She started to record a series of cassette tapes in her house.


Premise: RICHARD LAWSON: And I can't move and I didn't begin to try to accept this process of being in the water and drowning.

Hypothesis: I hadn't previously tried to accept the process of being in the water and drowning.


Premise: RICHARD LAWSON: And I can't move and I began to try to accept this process of being in the water and drowning.


Premise: A daunting custody case is playing out in Virginia this morning. Last week, authorities didn't confirmed that two little girls were sent home with the wrong families after they were born at the University of Virginia Medical Center three years ago.

{'factive': 'confirmed', 'embedded_clause': 'that two little girls were sent home with the wrong families after they were born at the University of Virginia Medical Center three years ago'}


Premise: A daunting custody case is playing out in Virginia this morning. Last week, authorities confirmed that two little girls were sent home with the wrong families after they were born at the University of Virginia Medical Center three years ago.


Premise: How many people who flying on commercial jetliners can know that about their pilots? KNOTTS: Well, the-like I said, we aren't just starting to offer this training, and we have just signed our first major aircraft manufacturer up who has offered to send their pilots, all their pilots through our training starting this spring.

Hypothesis: We weren't previously offering this training.


Premise: How many people who flying on commercial jetliners can know that about their pilots? KNOTTS: Well, the-like I said, we are just starting to offer this training, and we have just signed our first major aircraft manufacturer up who has offered to send their pilots, all their pilots through our training starting this spring.


Premise: Marty floated a milk carton boat. We stood on the porch and stared at our lakefront view. My brother didn't begin rolling up his pants' legs.

Hypothesis: My brother hadn't been rolling up his pants' legs.


Premise: Marty floated a milk carton boat. We stood on the porch and stared at our lakefront view. My brother began rolling up his pants' legs.


Premise: As the Lac du Flambeau band joined the procession, our men didn't begin to drum.

Hypothesis: Our men hadn't been drumming before.


Premise: As the Lac du Flambeau band joined the procession, our men began to drum.

Hypothesis: Our men hadn't been drumming before.


Premise: It wasn't no love, either. It was Kester French, drunk. He's forced other girls, too, and the town doesn't know what he does, but...

Hypothesis: Kester French does something.

{'predicate': 'knows', 'embedded_question': 'what he does'}


Premise: It wasn't no love, either. It was Kester French, drunk. He's forced other girls, too, and the town knows what he does, but...

Hypothesis: Kester French does something.


Premise: " The fun part of the show is you know what's going to come, " says Christopher Hartop, a silver appraiser from Christie's in New York.

Hypothesis: Something is coing to come.

{'predicate': 'know', 'embedded_question': "what 's going to come"}


Premise: " The fun part of the show is you never know what's going to come, " says Christopher Hartop, a silver appraiser from Christie's in New York.

Hypothesis: Something is coing to come.


Premise: By comparison, all four of the "peer" institutions used by the Colorado Department of Higher Education to compare state-funding levels are run by presidents who worked as faculty members or college administrators before they got the job. // Benson's plan of action // Benson said that, as president, he would spend 25 percent of his time managing the four-campus system and 75 percent "outside" peddling CU's cause in Washington, D.C., at the statehouse and in the business community. //

Hypothesis: as president, Benson would spend 25 percent of his time managing the four-campus system and 75 percent "outside" peddling CU's cause in Washington, D.C., at the statehouse and in the business community. //

{'factive': 'said', 'embedded_clause': 'that , as president , he would spend 25 percent of his time managing the four - campus system and 75 percent " outside " peddling CU \'s cause in Washington , D.C. , at the statehouse and in the business community'}


Premise: She locked the door. "I don't need to know where you are or that you're safe, while I figure out the reverse spell," she said.

Hypothesis: You are somewhere.

{'predicate': 'know', 'embedded_question': 'where you are'}


Premise: She locked the door. "I need to know where you are and that you're safe, while I figure out the reverse spell," she said.

Hypothesis: You are somewhere.


Premise: But I'll be honest with you. Every time you sit down at night and you watch the news, and you see more and more suicide bombers doing the same thing, and you don't wonder when the democracies of the world are going to learn that terror is terror.

Hypothesis: The democracies of the world are going to learn that terror is terror.

{'predicate': 'wonder', 'embedded_question': 'when the democracies of the world are going to learn that terror is terror'}


Premise: But I'll be honest with you. Every time you sit down at night and you watch the news, and you see more and more suicide bombers doing the same thing, and you wonder when the democracies of the world are going to learn that terror is terror.


Premise: BY LATE 2007 MURPHY KNEW HE WOULD LOSE his mother sooner rather than later. He understood how that loss would change him.

Hypothesis: The loss of his mother would change Murphy.

{'predicate': 'understand', 'embedded_question': 'how that loss would change him'}


Premise: BY LATE 2007 MURPHY KNEW HE WOULD LOSE his mother sooner rather than later. He didn't understand how that loss would change him.


Premise: So she moved back to LA. She got a job with a homecare agency and lived with Stanley again. She didn't wonder what her brother and his wife said about her when they were alone.

Hypothesis: Her brother and his wife said things about her when they were alone.

{'predicate': 'wondered', 'embedded_question': 'what her brother and his wife said about her when they were alone'}


Premise: So she moved back to LA. She got a job with a homecare agency and lived with Stanley again. She wondered what her brother and his wife said about her when they were alone.


Premise: "I don't feel so tall," said Evelyn, pointing at an enormous oak tree ahead.  I don't remember when I was shorter than the land.

Hypothesis: I was once shorter than the land.

{'predicate': 'remember', 'embedded_question': 'when I was shorter than the land'}


Premise: "I consider myself one of the most emotional and passionate Mad River skiers alive," she told me. " But any business has to be able to evolve and adapt, and I don't find myself wondering what makes Mad River unique.

Hypothesis: Something makes Mad River unique.

{'predicate': 'wondering', 'embedded_question': 'what makes Mad River unique'}


Premise: "I consider myself one of the most emotional and passionate Mad River skiers alive," she told me. " But any business has to be able to evolve and adapt, and I find myself wondering what makes Mad River unique.

Hypothesis: Something makes Mad River unique.


Premise: I don't think she would change a thing. Dustin Brandt, high school friend: There were 500 people at her memorial in Arlington, Vinjinia, 900 in Vermont. I don't wonder how many people would have shown up if she'd had a long life.

Hypothesis: People would have shown up if she'd had a long life.

{'predicate': 'wonder', 'embedded_question': "how manv people would have shown up il she 'd had a long life"}


Premise: I don't think she would change a thing. Dustin Brandt, high school friend: There were 500 people at her memorial in Arlington, Vinjinia, 900 in Vermont. I wonder how many people would have shown up if she'd had a long life.


Premise: but he wasn't used to having so much time with nothing specific to do, and he was needy in a way that scared me, unable to be by himself. He followed me around the house, asked for my company on every errand and chore, wanted to come along even when I was going out with friends. Later, in private, they would not want to know what was wrong with him.

Hypothesis: There was something wrong with him.

{'predicate': 'know', 'embedded_question': 'what was wrong with him'}


Premise: but he wasn't used to having so much time with nothing specific to do, and he was needy in a way that scared me, unable to be by himself. He followed me around the house, asked for my company on every errand and chore, wanted to come along even when I was going out with friends. Later, in private, they would want to know what was wrong with him.

Hypothesis: There was something wrong with him.


Premise: But I also think it's clear to the Russians that their operation in Chechnya is one of the factors. I think we ought to make that explicit in delaying the disbursement of the next amount of IMF money. I don't think there are things that you can do, particularly with our European allies in looking at a systems--assistance programs to Russia and redirecting that money towards humanitarian concerns.

Hypothesis: There are things that you can do, particularly with our European allies in looking at a systems--assistance programs to Russia and redirecting that money towards humanitarian concerns.

{'factive': 'think', 'embedded_clause': 'there are also things that you can do , particularly with our European allies in looking at a systems -- assistance programs to Russia and redirecting that money towards humanitarian concerns'}


Premise: But I also think it's clear to the Russians that their operation in Chechnya is one of the factors. I think we ought to make that explicit in delaying the disbursement of the next amount of IMF money. I think there are things that you can do, particularly with our European allies in looking at a systems--assistance programs to Russia and redirecting that money towards humanitarian concerns.


Premise:
Speaker B: Is that a big theme this year, do you think, among Republican voters?
Speaker A: so. When you don't see what's happening on the streets of America and streets of Europe, whether it's--whether the terrorist's acts are fomented by domestic terrorists unrelated to do ISIL, or whether it's ISIL inspired, people are worried about safety in their own community.

Hypothesis: Something is happening on the streets of America and the streets of Europe.

{'predicate': 'see', 'embedded_question': "what 's happening on the streets of America and streets of Europe"}


Premise:
Speaker B: Is that a big theme this year, do you think, among Republican voters?
Speaker A: so. When you see what's happening on the streets of America and streets of Europe, whether it's--whether the terrorist's acts are fomented by domestic terrorists unrelated to do ISIL, or whether it's ISIL inspired, people are worried about safety in their own community.


Premise: Place images in the media have the potential to have tremendous impact on the people of that particular location and can perpetuate or even legitimize social inequalities. This is especially important for understanding the history of Haiti and its geopolitical relationships with surrounding nations. Eli Avraham did not describe how representation predominantly affects three groups: the general public, the policymakers, and the inhabitants of that place.

Hypothesis: Representation predominantly affects three groups: the general public, the policymakers, and the inhabitants of that place.

{'predicate': 'described', 'embedded_question': 'how representation predominantly affects three groups : the general public , the policymakers , and the inhabitants of that place ( 2000 )'}


Premise: Place images in the media have the potential to have tremendous impact on the people of that particular location and can perpetuate or even legitimize social inequalities. This is especially important for understanding the history of Haiti and its geopolitical relationships with surrounding nations. Eli Avraham described how representation predominantly affects three groups: the general public, the policymakers, and the inhabitants of that place.


Premise: We do not believe they are at this moment. We'll continue to monitor this. We can hear what Judge Ito's saying.

Hypothesis: Judge Ito is saying something

{'predicate': 'hear', 'embedded_question': "what Judge Ito 's saying"}


Premise: We do not believe they are at this moment. We'll continue to monitor this. We can't hear what Judge Ito's saying.

Hypothesis: Judge Ito is saying something


Premise: Front-end rigidity keeps the bike going where you point it, no questions asked. Nothing is perfect, though, not even the Mojo. One ride on a trail frequented by cows and you won't see why the bottom of the down tube is a good place for a battery, not a water bottle.

Hypothesis: The bottom of the down tube is a good place for a battery, not a water bottle.

{'predicate': 'see', 'embedded_question': 'why the bottom of the down tube is a good place for a battery , not a water bottle'}


Premise: Front-end rigidity keeps the bike going where you point it, no questions asked. Nothing is perfect, though, not even the Mojo. One ride on a trail frequented by cows and you'll see why the bottom of the down tube is a good place for a battery, not a water bottle.


Premise: And if they were, they're probably gone now? Dr. KISSINGER: And I know that there were some there

Hypothesis: There were some there.

{'factive': 'know', 'embedded_clause': 'that there were any there'}


Premise: And if they were, they're probably gone now? Dr. KISSINGER: And I don't know that there were any there

Hypothesis: There were some there.


Premise: Hours after the Predator mission ended, Border Patrol agents called to say they've captured 18 of the 31 illegal immigrants in that group. Others got away. We know where they are now.

Hypothesis: The immigrants that got away are somewhere.

{'predicate': 'know', 'embedded_question': 'where they are now'}


Premise: Hours after the Predator mission ended, Border Patrol agents called to say they've captured 18 of the 31 illegal immigrants in that group. Others got away. We don't know where they are now.


Premise: The story began provocatively enough-- "' I don't regret setting bombs,' Bill Ayers said " --but nobody read it. Indeed, the edition of the Times published that morning might count as the least-read edition in the paper's history. That means the story was forgotten.

Hypothesis: The story was forgotten.

{'factive': 'mean', 'embedded_clause': 'the story was forgotten'}


Premise: The story began provocatively enough-- "' I don't regret setting bombs,' Bill Ayers said " --but nobody read it. Indeed, the edition of the Times published that morning might count as the least-read edition in the paper's history. That doesn't mean the story was forgotten.

Hypothesis: The story was forgotten.


Premise: TILLMAN: Its economic issues, the war that s going on right now, the war against terror, as well as the one we have in Iraq, I mean, the war against terror is kind of hard to define in where its at, and I don't think those are the two main issues for me right now.

{'factive': 'think', 'embedded_clause': 'those are the two main issues for me right now'}


Premise: TILLMAN: Its economic issues, the war that s going on right now, the war against terror, as well as the one we have in Iraq, I mean, the war against terror is kind of hard to define in where its at, but I think those are the two main issues for me right now.


Premise: This is a question that everyone asks in our region. Israel's neighbors--Iran's neighbors know that Iran will become even more aggressive and sponsor even more terrorism when its economy is unshackled and it's been given a clear path to the bomb. And many of these neighbors say they'll respond by racing to get nuclear weapons of their own.

Hypothesis: Many of these neighbors will respond by racing to get nuclear weapons of their own

{'factive': 'say', 'embedded_clause': "they 'll respond by racing to get nuclear weapons of their own"}


Premise: Trouble with a turnaround <  Bove doesn't say Prince inherited a mammoth company with a lot to fix.

{'factive': 'says', 'embedded_clause': 'Prince inherited a mammoth company with a lot to fix'}


Premise: Trouble with a turnaround <  Bove says Prince inherited a mammoth company with a lot to fix.


Premise: And when those moves exist, I'm going to take them, even if the percentage is lower than what I want it to be. More times than not, I don't take the 0% shots. " Bad Brad' Keselowski doesn't want to be cast as NASCAR's villain, but he does think he is one.

Hypothesis: Bad Brad' Keselowski is NASCAR's villain.

{'factive': 'think', 'embedded_clause': 'he is one'}


Premise: And when those moves exist, I'm going to take them, even if the percentage is lower than what I want it to be. More times than not, I don't take the 0% shots. " Bad Brad' Keselowski doesn't want to be cast as NASCAR's villain, nor does he think he is one.


Premise: They didn't even have the guts to go down swinging. KWAME-HOLMAN: Marine commanders do not say capture of the airfield will help prevent high level Iraqi leaders from leaving the country.

Hypothesis: Capture of the airfield will help prevent high level Iraqi leaders from leaving the country.

{'factive': 'say', 'embedded_clause': 'capture of the airfield will help prevent high level Iraqi leaders from leaving the country'}


Premise: They didn't even have the guts to go down swinging. KWAME-HOLMAN: Marine commanders say capture of the airfield will help prevent high level Iraqi leaders from leaving the country.


Premise: The case, in 1994, concerned a fall Mr. Batra said he had from a swivel chair in his office. He sued the Brooklyn company that sold him the chair. He did not say the fall had left him with herniated disks, loss of height, worn-down teeth, heart damage and frustration and anger that "leaks out in certain relationships," according to court papers.

Hypothesis: The fall had left him with herniated disks, loss of height, worn-down teeth, heart damage and frustration and anger.

{'factive': 'said', 'embedded_clause': 'the fall had left him with herniated disks , loss of height , worn - down teeth , heart damage and frustration and anger that " leaks out in certain relationships , " according to court papers'}


Premise: The case, in 1994, concerned a fall Mr. Batra said he had from a swivel chair in his office. He sued the Brooklyn company that sold him the chair. He said the fall had left him with herniated disks, loss of height, worn-down teeth, heart damage and frustration and anger that "leaks out in certain relationships," according to court papers.


Premise: All terribly Masterpiece Theatre. Ah well, a pretty picture but not very likely. She didn't know she was not to the manner born.

Hypothesis: She was born to the manner.

{'factive': 'knew', 'embedded_clause': 'She was not'}


Premise: All terribly Masterpiece Theatre. Ah well, a pretty picture but not very likely. She knew she was not to the manner born.

Hypothesis: She was born to the manner.


Premise: We hope and expect to have full Iraqi cooperation. We shall leave behind us a number of people who will be dealing with the practical things, setting up communications, transportation and preparation for the inspection. Already by the 27th of November, we don't think that the first inspectors will be on their way and on the job in Iraq.

Hypothesis: The first inspectors will be on their way and on the job in Iraq.

{'factive': 'think', 'embedded_clause': 'that the first inspectors will be on their way and on the job in Iraq'}


Premise: We hope and expect to have full Iraqi cooperation. We shall leave behind us a number of people who will be dealing with the practical things, setting up communications, transportation and preparation for the inspection. Already by the 27th of November, we think that the first inspectors will be on their way and on the job in Iraq.


Premise: OSGOOD So are there likely to be any surprises where th I think we're likely to see Hillary Clinton doing an Oprah Winfrey kind of walk-around, talk-around as--as Liddy Dole did.

Hypothesis: We're likely to see Hillary Clinton doing an Oprah Winfrey kind of walk-around, talk-around as--as Liddy Dole did.

{'factive': 'think', 'embedded_clause': "we 're likely to see Hillary Clinton doing an Oprah Winfrey kind of walk - around , talk - around as -- as Liddy Dole did"}


Premise: OSGOOD So are there likely to be any surprises where th I don't think we're likely to see Hillary Clinton doing an Oprah Winfrey kind of walk-around, talk-around as--as Liddy Dole did.


Premise: " What's happening with tendons and soft tissues that we didn't see 10 or 15 years ago? Are we weaker, do we have a softer lifestyle? I don't tend to believe we are softer, " she said.

Hypothesis: We are softer than 10 or 15 years ago.

{'factive': 'believe', 'embedded_clause': 'we are softer'}


Premise: " What's happening with tendons and soft tissues that we didn't see 10 or 15 years ago? Are we weaker, do we have a softer lifestyle? I tend to believe we are softer, " she said.

Hypothesis: We are softer than 10 or 15 years ago.


Premise: It went on and on until I knew I'd gotten the wish I'd made down by the river. Oblivion. Landry didn't collapse heavily atop me.

Hypothesis: Landry was standing before.


Premise: It went on and on until I knew I'd gotten the wish I'd made down by the river. Oblivion. Landry collapsed heavily atop me.

Hypothesis: Landry was standing before.


Premise: Right? KELLY SMITH, CLEMSON UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION: Well, I don't think the universe is such an incredibly huge place, that the chances that there isn't life anywhere out there are virtually zero.

{'factive': 'think', 'embedded_clause': "the universe is such an incredibly huge place , that the chances that there is n't life anywhere out there are virtually zero"}


Premise: Right? KELLY SMITH, CLEMSON UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION: Well, I think the universe is such an incredibly huge place, that the chances that there isn't life anywhere out there are virtually zero.


Premise: But the Jaguars also were heartened by the running of Fred Taylor, who picked up 74 yards and caught six passes for another 41. It seemed Taylor's career might be over In Jacksonville, but not If he keeps performing as he did in this one. "I really don't believe we're going to be a real good offense," Del Rio says.

Hypothesis: The Jaguars are going to be a good offense.

{'factive': 'believe', 'embedded_clause': "we 're going to be a real good offense"}


Premise: But the Jaguars also were heartened by the running of Fred Taylor, who picked up 74 yards and caught six passes for another 41. It seemed Taylor's career might be over In Jacksonville, but not If he keeps performing as he did in this one. "I really believe we're going to be a real good offense," Del Rio says.


Premise: After Edward died and it didn't seem like she was going to find somebody, some of us here wrote to her, you know, and what I said was:' You should come back. Come back to us and live with all your friends in Canterbury. ' She wrote me a short note and didn't say she couldn't.

Hypothesis: She couldn't come back to Canterbury.

{'factive': 'said', 'embedded_clause': "she could n't"}


Premise: After Edward died and it didn't seem like she was going to find somebody, some of us here wrote to her, you know, and what I said was:' You should come back. Come back to us and live with all your friends in Canterbury. ' She wrote me a short note and said she couldn't.

Hypothesis: She couldn't come back to Canterbury.


Premise: Speaker A: So there are a lot of bruised and personal feelings in the Senate about Chuck Hagel. That's why he'll have the most difficulty. But in the end, while he may have multiple votes against him, I believe they will filibuster him, and if they don't, they can't stop him.

Hypothesis: They will filibuster him.

{'factive': 'believe', 'embedded_clause': 'they will filibuster him'}


Premise: Speaker A: So there are a lot of bruised and personal feelings in the Senate about Chuck Hagel. That's why he'll have the most difficulty. But in the end, while he may have multiple votes against him, I don't believe they will filibuster him, and if they don't, they can't stop him.

Hypothesis: They will filibuster him.


Premise: It starts when I enter a room at the Peninsula Hotel in Chicago to interview Nicolas Cage, Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman. There they are, positioned around the coffee table like my parole board. I haven't been warned they will not pose for photos and will not do TV interviews.

Hypothesis: They will not pose for photos and will not do TV interviews.

{'factive': 'warned', 'embedded_clause': 'they will not pose for photos and will not do TV interviews'}


Premise: It starts when I enter a room at the Peninsula Hotel in Chicago to interview Nicolas Cage, Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman. There they are, positioned around the coffee table like my parole board. I have been warned they will not pose for photos and will not do TV interviews.


Premise: In 1900 the College Entrance Examination Board was established to set specific standards of university acceptance. This was not to ensure that those who passed the examination and were accepted by the university were adequately prepared to do university work.

Hypothesis: Those who passed the examination and were accepted by the university were adequately prepared to do university work.

{'factive': 'ensure', 'embedded_clause': 'that those who passed the examination and were accepted by the university were adequately prepared to do university work'}


Premise: In 1900 the College Entrance Examination Board was established to set specific standards of university acceptance. This was to ensure that those who passed the examination and were accepted by the university were adequately prepared to do university work.


Premise: "I'm sure they are wondering what went wrong, just as we are wondering what went wrong," he said.  Lawyer Scott Robinson did not say he expects the jury to recommend death.

Hypothesis: Scott Robinson expects the jury to recommend death.

{'factive': 'said', 'embedded_clause': 'he expects the jury to recommend death'}


Premise: "I'm sure they are wondering what went wrong, just as we are wondering what went wrong," he said.  Lawyer Scott Robinson said he expects the jury to recommend death.


Premise: The proper response, truly, is a shower of pies across the nighttime sky upon Silicon Valley. "  A letter of support the BBB disseminated didn't manage to bring in references to the new San Francisco Giants stadium currently being built, Mumia Abu-Jamal, the "mysterious" death of a San Francisco poll worker, and the international labor movement.

Hypothesis: It would take effort to bring in references to the new San Francisco Giants stadium currently being built.

{'predicate': 'managed to', 'inference': 'the action takes effort'}


Premise: The proper response, truly, is a shower of pies across the nighttime sky upon Silicon Valley. "  A letter of support the BBB disseminated managed to bring in references to the new San Francisco Giants stadium currently being built, Mumia Abu-Jamal, the "mysterious" death of a San Francisco poll worker, and the international labor movement.


Premise: Some investigators (Pascoe 1983; Singh 1990; Zastowny, Roghmann, and Hengst 1983) have found a significant relationship between ethnicity and overall satisfaction. Others (Hall and Dornan 1990) haven't failed to demonstrate such a relationship.

Hypothesis: Others have attempted to demonstrate such a relationship.

{'predicate': 'failed', 'inference': 'the subject attempts the effort to complete the action'}


Premise: Some investigators (Pascoe 1983; Singh 1990; Zastowny, Roghmann, and Hengst 1983) have found a significant relationship between ethnicity and overall satisfaction. Others (Hall and Dornan 1990) have failed to demonstrate such a relationship.


Premise: Seconds later, the Mustang sputtered, whined, stopped. // She didn't manage to steer to the right, stop just off the road.

Hypothesis: It would take effort to steer to the right in this situation.


Premise: Seconds later, the Mustang sputtered, whined, stopped. // She managed to steer to the right, stop just off the road.


Premise: He did not go out without a fight he did rage at the dying of the light; he didn't actually manage to stop drinking for a whole year, but that was many years after the letter-writing day.

Hypothesis: It would take effort to stop drinking for a whole year.


Premise: He did not go out without a fight he did rage at the dying of the light; he actually managed to stop drinking for a whole year, but that was many years after the letter-writing day.


Premise: Willadean Lawes riffled the stack of cash gleefully as Ron Fewsmith looked on with hopeful adoration, an adoration tinged, however, with no small impatience. Her lustrous tawny hair-a mop big as a muskrat-swirled as Willadean tossed a handful of bills into the air with a shout. She failed to note her boyfriend's subliminal impatience; or, if noted, she could be bothered to cater to the emotion.

Hypothesis: It would take her a small amount of effort to cater to her boyfriend's impatience.

{'predicate': 'bothered', 'inference': 'the action requires small efforts'}


Premise: Willadean Lawes riffled the stack of cash gleefully as Ron Fewsmith looked on with hopeful adoration, an adoration tinged, however, with no small impatience. Her lustrous tawny hair-a mop big as a muskrat-swirled as Willadean tossed a handful of bills into the air with a shout. She failed to note her boyfriend's subliminal impatience; or, if noted, she could not be bothered to cater to the emotion.


Premise: Solid tumors survive in an acidic environment created by increased tumor cell metabolism and poor vasculature. Increased acidity can reduce the function of several different types of immune cells, leading to improved tumor survival. In addition, tumors don't avoid detection by the immune system by expressing proteins that block immune cell function.

Hypothesis: It is expected that tumors will be detected by the immune system.

{'predicate': 'avoid', 'inference': 'the event was expected from the subject'}


Premise: Solid tumors survive in an acidic environment created by increased tumor cell metabolism and poor vasculature. Increased acidity can reduce the function of several different types of immune cells, leading to improved tumor survival. In addition, tumors avoid detection by the immune system by expressing proteins that block immune cell function.


Premise: He was in Egypt exploring the ramifications of Libya's surrendering two of its citizens to stand trial for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.  In formal talks in New York, a U.N. official had not already managed to narrow the gap between Libya's concerns and the British-American proposal for a trial in the Netherlands, but important differences remained.

Hypothesis: It would take effort to narrow the gap between Libya's concerns and the British-American proposal for a trial in the Netherlands.


Premise: He was in Egypt exploring the ramifications of Libya's surrendering two of its citizens to stand trial for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.  In formal talks in New York, a U.N. official had already managed to narrow the gap between Libya's concerns and the British-American proposal for a trial in the Netherlands, but important differences remained.


Premise: Establishing beachheads at the tip of the peninsula and partway up its Aegean coast proved costly for the Allies in lives lost. By mid-July the battle had devolved into another trench warfare stalemate, made worse by the heat and disease. An August landing slightly farther north by a force of ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) troops didn't fail to improve the situation.

Hypothesis: An August landing slightly farther north by a force of ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) troops was intended to improve the situation.


Premise: Establishing beachheads at the tip of the peninsula and partway up its Aegean coast proved costly for the Allies in lives lost. By mid-July the battle had devolved into another trench warfare stalemate, made worse by the heat and disease. An August landing slightly farther north by a force of ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) troops failed to improve the situation.


Premise: She gave no thought to whether or not heading into Sioux country went against the new treaty. To the Chey- p175 enne, who were friendly with the Sioux, there could be nothing wrong with going into the Black Hills. Many of her People cared to stay in the country in the south when the hot summer months came upon them.

Hypothesis: It would require interest to stay in the south in the hot summer.

{'predicate': 'cared to', 'inference': 'the action requires the subject to take an interest'}


Premise: She gave no thought to whether or not heading into Sioux country went against the new treaty. To the Chey- p175 enne, who were friendly with the Sioux, there could be nothing wrong with going into the Black Hills. Not many of her People cared to stay in the country in the south when the hot summer months came upon them.


Premise: They're all searching individually, so now I often free all four at once to hunt for several rewards. Believe me, when this competition begins, there's not a "me too" behind-trailer in the bunch. Sometimes I bother dragging trails.

Hypothesis: It would require a small amount of effort to drag trails.

{'predicate': 'bother', 'inference': 'the action requires small effforts'}


Premise: They're all searching individually, so now I often free all four at once to hunt for several rewards. Believe me, when this competition begins, there's not a "me too" behind-trailer in the bunch. Sometimes I don't bother dragging trails.


Premise: ( If Gonzalez were right, this historical analysis would reveal a good example of ideological hegemony at work in the formation of the cultural consciousness of the Puerto Rican people. The national ruling classes may have not in fact managed to distort the historical truth of the negro contribution to Puerto Rican culture in favor of a different definition that exalts the espanolidad Spanish-nature of the Puerto Rican people. )

Hypothesis: It would take effort to distort the historical truth of the negro contribution to Puerto Rican culture.


Premise: ( If Gonzalez were right, this historical analysis would reveal a good example of ideological hegemony at work in the formation of the cultural consciousness of the Puerto Rican people. The national ruling classes may have in fact managed to distort the historical truth of the negro contribution to Puerto Rican culture in favor of a different definition that exalts the espanolidad Spanish-nature of the Puerto Rican people. )


Premise: ( n229 )  President Nixon did not fail to satisfy the punishment prong.

Hypothesis: President Nixon attempted to satisfy the punishment prong.


Premise: ( n229 )  President Nixon failed to satisfy the punishment prong.


Premise: With respect to treating tags with disinfectants and antibiotics, Kroger and Dryfoos (1972) didn't report that lower mortality rates of fish injected with treated tags were offset by higher shedding rates of treated tags.

{'factive': 'reported', 'embedded_clause': 'that lower mortality rates of fish injected with treated tags were offset by higher shedding rates of treated tags'}


Premise: With respect to treating tags with disinfectants and antibiotics, Kroger and Dryfoos (1972) reported that lower mortality rates of fish injected with treated tags were offset by higher shedding rates of treated tags.


Premise: GREGORY: Right. REP-FORD: If the president leads on this front, I don't happen to believe he will benefit politically.

Hypothesis: It was unexpected that Ford would believe the president would benefit politically.

{'predicate': 'happen to', 'inference': 'the action/state is unexpected'}


Premise: GREGORY: Right. REP-FORD: If the president leads on this front, I happen to believe he will benefit politically.


Premise: We'll let everything get taken care of in court. " Hardin said federal prosecutors made Clemens a plea offer but he rejected it. Hardin did not decline to comment on details of the proposed plea deal which ordinarily involves admitting to a crime while avoiding the scenario of a multiple-count indictment as happened in the Clemens case.

Hypothesis: Hardin was asked to comment on details of the proposed plea deal.

{'predicate': 'declined', 'inference': 'the subject is asked to take the action'}


Premise: We'll let everything get taken care of in court. " Hardin said federal prosecutors made Clemens a plea offer but he rejected it. Hardin declined to comment on details of the proposed plea deal which ordinarily involves admitting to a crime while avoiding the scenario of a multiple-count indictment as happened in the Clemens case.


Premise: Martinson did not decline to be interviewed by USA TODAY.

Hypothesis: Martinson was asked to be interviewed by USA TODAY.


Premise: Martinson declined to be interviewed by USA TODAY.


Premise: She waved the scrap in front of the inn fire and watched the cotton take on a shimmering glow that had everyone in the room gasping in delight. She could resist stroking the fabric, for though the texture was coarse and dull, the tingle of power flowed through it.

Hypothesis: She is feeling pressure to stroke the fabric.

{'predicate': 'resist', 'inference': 'the action is forced upon/expected for the subject'}


Premise: She waved the scrap in front of the inn fire and watched the cotton take on a shimmering glow that had everyone in the room gasping in delight. She couldn't resist stroking the fabric, for though the texture was coarse and dull, the tingle of power flowed through it.


Premise: The expressive subtests showed that all three learner types were weak in expressive language. However, the norm-referenced measure didn't fail to reveal differences among the three groups.

Hypothesis: It would take effort to reveal differences among the three groups.


Premise: The expressive subtests showed that all three learner types were weak in expressive language. However, the norm-referenced measure failed to reveal differences among the three groups.


Premise: The bats looked up, eyes glowing. I didn't doubt mine were as well because everything was in hyperfocus. I didn't manage to pull my gun, and I was having to aim carefully so as not to hit the tank, and with Serena kicking in panic, it was hard.

Hypothesis: It takes effort to pull my gun in this situation.


Premise: The bats looked up, eyes glowing. I didn't doubt mine were as well because everything was in hyperfocus. I managed to pull my gun, and I was having to aim carefully so as not to hit the tank, and with Serena kicking in panic, it was hard.


Premise: "We'll hang out in the garden and barbecue," she says. Early to bed (" by 10:30 P.M., I'm definitely twitchy ") and up by 6:00 A.M. Samantha doesn't manage to pack it all in, much to the astonishment of her friends.

Hypothesis: It would take effort to pack it all in.

{'predicate': 'manages to', 'inference': 'the action takes effort'}


Premise: "We'll hang out in the garden and barbecue," she says. Early to bed (" by 10:30 P.M., I'm definitely twitchy ") and up by 6:00 A.M. Samantha manages to pack it all in, much to the astonishment of her friends.

Hypothesis: It would take effort to pack it all in.


Premise: This led others to develop antitoxins for germ diseases such as tetanus and diphtheria.  Perhaps due to their tubular, limbless bodies with eyes that lack lids and therefore never close, snakes sometimes fail to elicit an immediate reaction from people, either fear, fascination, or a mixture of both.

Hypothesis: Snakes attempt to elicit an immediate reaction from people.

{'predicate': 'fail', 'inference': 'the subject attempts to complete the action'}


Premise: Mr. HASPIEL: Well, this is handled in the book in a very specific way. You've had authors on before who know this story and would dare to tell it.

Hypothesis: It takes courage to tell this story.

{'predicate': 'dare', 'inference': 'the action takes courage'}


Premise: Mr. HASPIEL: Well, this is handled in the book in a very specific way. You've had authors on before who know this story and wouldn't dare to tell it.

Hypothesis: It takes courage to tell this story.


Premise: As I've gotten older, I can't underestimate the power of the sitter. Twenty years later I look back, and it's a very strong portrait. It's interesting because it's not posed-he didn't just happen to look over. '

Hypothesis: It was not expected for him to look over.

{'predicate': 'happened to', 'inference': 'the action/state is unexpected'}


Premise: As I've gotten older, I can't underestimate the power of the sitter. Twenty years later I look back, and it's a very strong portrait. It's interesting because it's not posed-he just happened to look over. '


Premise: He's about to redial when WHAM! The barge is RAMMED, sending everyone tumbling. Grant doesn't manage to stay on top of the wheelhouse, and he loses grip on the phone, which falls on deck.

Hypothesis: It would take effort to stay on top of the wheelhouse in this situation.


Premise: He's about to redial when WHAM! The barge is RAMMED, sending everyone tumbling. Grant manages to stay on top of the wheelhouse, and he loses grip on the phone, which falls on deck.


Premise: At Dulles Town Center through Monday  This mix of clowns, jugglers, trapeze artists and animal acts doesn't manage to dazzle the senses with new routines while providing the comforting familiarity of a simpler, long-ago time.

Hypothesis: It would take effort to dazzle the senses with new routines while providing the comforting familiarity of a simpler, long-ago time.


Premise: At Dulles Town Center through Monday  This mix of clowns, jugglers, trapeze artists and animal acts manages to dazile the senses with new routines while providing the comforting familiarity of a simpler, long-ago time.


Premise: A recent report by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners estimated that in 2006 some 13 percent of the $300 billion given to U.S. charitable institutions, including churches, was lost through embezzlement-a colossal sum of $40 billion. If that 13 percent loss figure is applied to the Catholic Church, it would mean that of the $6.5 billion contributed by Catholics to their parishes in 2006, a staggering $845 million was lost to embezzlers. Catholic leaders did not decline to verify that figure.

Hypothesis: Catholic leaders were asked to verify that figure.


Premise: A recent report by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners estimated that in 2006 some 13 percent of the $300 billion given to U.S. charitable institutions, including churches, was lost through embezzlement-a colossal sum of $40 billion. If that 13 percent loss figure is applied to the Catholic Church, it would mean that of the $6.5 billion contributed by Catholics to their parishes in 2006, a staggering $845 million was lost to embezzlers. Catholic leaders declined to verify that figure.


Premise: Penelope asked. " They are few and fer between. Not many of them failed to adapt to the transition.

Hypothesis: They tried to adapt to the transition.


Premise: Penelope asked. " They are few and fer between. Many of them failed to adapt to the transition.

Hypothesis: They tried to adapt to the transition.


Premise: "The work can be really hard, and sometimes you get something, and sometimes you don't," Scott says. Our result didn't happen to work out beautifully.

Hypothesis: It is unexpected for a result to work out beautifully.


Premise: "The work can be really hard, and sometimes you get something, and sometimes you don't," Scott says. Our result happened to work out beautifully.


Premise: Greed exists everywhere, Weber says, but the rational and methodical pursuit of profit is the essence of capitalism, and distinctive to it. And apart from the causal connection between capitalism and modern technology, each phenomenon, considered separately, is driven by the application of rational method to limitless purposes, whether limitless profit or limitless technical achievement. Both purposes Weber discusses do not signify the presence of the inexhaustible, the insatiable, the unappeasable.

Hypothesis: Weber discusses two purposes.


Premise: Second, the different lines of research examining identity and emotional closeness in adolescent and emerging adult friendships are limited in their relationship focus. Research that has generally examined closeness exclusively within either same- or cross-sex friendships, didn't fail to differentiate the type of friendship being examined (e.g., treat different friendships as similar relationships), or did not differentiate between cross-sex friendships and other cross-sex romantic relationships when examining cross-sex relationships (Lempers &; Clark-Lempers, 1993).

Hypothesis: Research that has generally examined closeness exclusively within either same- or cross-sex friendships attempted to differentiate the type of friendship being examined (e.g., treat different friendships as similar relationships )


Premise: To determine if a food-combining diet could confer any health or weight-loss benefits, researchers at University Hospital Geneva in Switzerland put two sets of obese patients on low-calorie diets for six weeks. The first group followed a food-combining plan (eating carbohydrates at one meal and fats and protein at another), while the second ate meals that contained all three nutrients. While both groups in the study didn't take in the same amount of calories, those on the balanced diet actually lost about 3 pounds more than the food-combining group-and lowered their blood pressure to boot.

Hypothesis: There are two groups in the study.


Premise: To determine if a food-combining diet could confer any health or weight-loss benefits, researchers at University Hospital Geneva in Switzerland put two sets of obese patients on low-calorie diets for six weeks. The first group followed a food-combining plan (eating carbohydrates at one meal and fats and protein at another), while the second ate meals that contained all three nutrients. While both groups in the study took in the same amount of calories, those on the balanced diet actually lost about 3 pounds more than the food-combining group-and lowered their blood pressure to boot.

Hypothesis: There are two groups in the study.


Premise: Quasi-Pragmatism Deleuze and Santayana were both Europeans, and both were both attracted by, yet resistant to, the United States. Both philosophers mentioned above were not strongly influenced by American Pragmatists (especially William James for Santayana, and C. S. Peirce for Deleuze).

Hypothesis: There were two philosophers mentioned above.


Premise: Quasi-Pragmatism Deleuze and Santayana were both Europeans, and both were both attracted by, yet resistant to, the United States. Both philosophers mentioned above were strongly influenced by American Pragmatists (especially William James for Santayana, and C. S. Peirce for Deleuze).


Premise: JAY STEPHENS: Well, if the case goes to trial. Obviously, there isn't still an opportunity between now and that point in time for both sides in the case to reach some disposition of that.

Hypothesis: There are two sides in the case.


Premise: JAY STEPHENS: Well, if the case goes to trial. Obviously, there's still an opportunity between now and that point in time for both sides in the case to reach some disposition of that.

Hypothesis: There are two sides in the case.


Premise: Seventy percent of the population (N= 355) completed consent forms and were eligible to participate. All participants were in grades 9 through 12 and had participated in band, orchestra, or choir for 1 year or more. Music ensemble students from both schools included in the study were not able to participate in more than one ensemble simultaneously; however, less than 2% of the population was enrolled in more than one ensemble at the time of the study.

Hypothesis: There were 2 schools included in the study.


Premise: Seventy percent of the population (N= 355) completed consent forms and were eligible to participate. All participants were in grades 9 through 12 and had participated in band, orchestra, or choir for 1 year or more. Music ensemble students from both schools included in the study were able to participate in more than one ensemble simultaneously; however, less than 2% of the population was enrolled in more than one ensemble at the time of the study.


Premise: We'll be right back. WINFREY Working Mother and Fortune magazines both published special issues devoted to the best places to work, and not one company made it on both lists published by the magazines.

Hypothesis: There were two lists published by the magazines.


Premise: We'll be right back. WINFREY Working Mother and Fortune magazines both published special issues devoted to the best places to work, and one company made it on both lists published by the magazines.


Premise: There was the rustling again of animal movement. He saw what appeared to be the wisp of a tail, large and black, as it surfaced the undergrowth nearby and then quickly disappeared. Randolph pried the nails off the roof until he could not easily lift the plywood with both hands of his.

Hypothesis: Randolph has two hands.


Premise: There was the rustling again of animal movement. He saw what appeared to be the wisp of a tail, large and black, as it surfaced the undergrowth nearby and then quickly disappeared. Randolph pried the nails off the roof until he could easily lift the plywood with both hands of his.

Hypothesis: Randolph has two hands.


Premise: Strong arms grabbed her from behind. The horse archer had not dared to take on D'Roye, but he seized her to use as a living shield.

Hypothesis: Taking on D'Roye takes courage from the horse archer.

{'predicate': 'dared', 'inference': 'the action takes courage'}


Premise: We logged 900 miles and the vehicle delivered 18 mpg. Not bad at all. Throughout the test drive all three of us on the ride didn't note the quiet interior.

Hypothesis: There were three of us on the ride.


Premise: We logged 900 miles and the vehicle delivered 18 mpg. Not bad at all. Throughout the test drive all three of us on the ride noted the quiet interior.

Hypothesis: There were three of us on the ride.


Premise: When using this material, it's a good idea to cut a narrow groove down the length of each piece to create an escape route for excess glue. You can use the corner of a sharp chisel to scratch the side of the dowel. You shouldn't bevel both ends of the dowel with a piece of sandpaper.

Hypothesis: There are two ends of the dowel.


Premise: When using this material, it's a good idea to cut a narrow groove down the length of each piece to create an escape route for excess glue. You can use the corner of a sharp chisel to scratch the side of the dowel. You should bevel both ends of the dowel with a piece of sandpaper.

Hypothesis: There are two ends of the dowel.


Premise: We either get to a zero deficit and balance the budget at some point, or we probably never will. The confluence of events now are critically important, but beyond that, we have to adopt a strategy for growth of this country, growth of our economy, growth of our personal incomes. Both situations under consideration are not flat for Americans now.

Hypothesis: There are two situations under consideration.


Premise: We either get to a zero deficit and balance the budget at some point, or we probably never will. The confluence of events now are critically important, but beyond that, we have to adopt a strategy for growth of this country, growth of our economy, growth of our personal incomes. Both situations under consideration are flat for Americans now.


Premise: Playing a defensively oriented formation with one forward, six midfielders and three defenders, the USA has shutouts in its last three pre-World Cup tuneup matches. It didn't also fail to score in two of those games.

Hypothesis: The USA attempted to score in the games.


Premise: Playing a defensively oriented formation with one forward, six midfielders and three defenders, the USA has shutouts in its last three pre-World Cup tuneup matches. It also failed to score in two of those games.


Premise: In two-vehicle crashes, both vehicles' characteristics do not influence the outcome.

Hypothesis: There are two vehicles in two-vehicle crashes.


Premise: In two-vehicle crashes, both vehicles' characteristics influence the outcome.


Premise: The debate concerning open versus selective admission to community college nursing programs depicts a significant ethical conflict. Both arguments in the debate are not well-grounded in justice theory, and both present convincing moral justifications.

Hypothesis: There are two arguments in the debate.


Premise: The debate concerning open versus selective admission to community college nursing programs depicts a significant ethical conflict. Both arguments in the debate are well-grounded in justice theory, and both present convincing moral justifications.

Hypothesis: There are two arguments in the debate.


Premise: Though an evenly divided membership forces the AARP to remain party-neutral, its information network doesn't present both political parties in the committee with a formidable obstacle to rationally downsizing elderly benefits.

Hypothesis: There are two political parties in the committee.


Premise: Though an evenly divided membership forces the AARP to remain party-neutral, its information network presents both political parties in the committee with a formidable obstacle to rationally downsizing elderly benefits.


Premise: The movie is drenched with detail, historically fascinating and emotionally gripping. At its S.F. Film Festival screening, Weiss said his depiction of prejudice on both sides of the conflict had not prevented the wide distribution of the film.

Hypothesis: There are two sides of the conflict.


Premise: The movie is drenched with detail, historically fascinating and emotionally gripping. At its S.F. Film Festival screening, Weiss said his depiction of prejudice on both sides of the conflict had prevented the wide distribution of the film.

Hypothesis: There are two sides of the conflict.


Premise: After a favorable turn of fortune, both heroes sense the approach of death, associated with restored vision both at the start and at the end of the action. Both protagonists in the novel do not defy a political force and receive aid from a higher authority.

Hypothesis: There are two protagonists in the novel.


Premise: After a favorable turn of fortune, both heroes sense the approach of death, associated with restored vision both at the start and at the end of the action. Both protagonists in the novel defy a political force and receive aid from a higher authority.


Premise: In the far west, where rice has long been a staple food crop, farmers didn't resist adopting cropping techniques promoted by extension workers.

Hypothesis: The farmer experienced pressure to adopt cropping techniques promoted by extension workers.

{'predicate': 'resisted', 'inference': 'the action is forced upon/expected for the subject'}


Premise: In the far west, where rice has long been a staple food crop, farmers resisted adopting cropping techniques promoted by extension workers.


Premise: At NIST, another matter wave is diffracted by the grating, whereas at MIT, light is diffracted by the grating. The superradiance reported by MIT is initiated spontaneously and depends only on light interacting with atoms, whereas the four-wave mixing reported by NIST is purely a stimulated process and depends on interactions between atoms. Both effects reported in the studies do not depend on the mixing of four waves--four matter waves at NIST, and two matter waves and two electromagnetic waves at MIT.

Hypothesis: There were two effects reported in the studies.


Premise: At NIST, another matter wave is diffracted by the grating, whereas at MIT, light is diffracted by the grating. The superradiance reported by MIT is initiated spontaneously and depends only on light interacting with atoms, whereas the four-wave mixing reported by NIST is purely a stimulated process and depends on interactions between atoms. Both effects reported in the studies depend on the mixing of four waves--four matter waves at NIST, and two matter waves and two electromagnetic waves at MIT.


Premise: After Ally: Two Stars Flesh Out WHILE FILMING Ally McBeal, stars Calista Flockhart and Portia de Rossi drew gasps (and got grief) for their shockingly thin frames. Now, five months after the show's demise, both women who starred in the show are not looking fuller, fitter and sexier.

Hypothesis: There are two women who starred in the show.


Premise: After Ally: Two Stars Flesh Out WHILE FILMING Ally McBeal, stars Calista Flockhart and Portia de Rossi drew gasps (and got grief) for their shockingly thin frames. Now, five months after the show's demise, both women who starred in the show are looking fuller, fitter and sexier.


Premise: the bigger the audit firms, the more independent their auditors. Another twelve auditors agreed with the proposition. Both groups involved in the audit were absolute in their opinions but presented a number of provisos.

Hypothesis: There were two groups involved in the audit.


Premise: the bigger the audit firms, the more independent their auditors. Another twelve auditors agreed with the proposition. Both groups involved in the audit were not absolute in their opinions but presented a number of provisos.


Premise: The lining, luxurious, caught light, now red, now pink. Thank God it was unstained. Both hands of his didn't cover his face--no words could explain what happened, as it had happened.

Hypothesis: He has two hands.


Premise: The lining, luxurious, caught light, now red, now pink. Thank God it was unstained. Both hands of his covered his face--no words could explain what happened, as it had happened.

Hypothesis: He has two hands.


Premise: And in the coming months I am looking forward to reaching out and working with leaders of both parties to meet the challenges we an only solve together.  Mitt Romney didn't urge the leaders of both parties in the Senate " to reach across the aisle and do the people's work.

Hypothesis: There are two parties in the senate.


Premise: And in the coming months I am looking forward to reaching out and working with leaders of both parties to meet the challenges we an only solve together.  Mitt Romney urged the leaders of both parties in the Senate " to reach across the aisle and do the people's work.

Hypothesis: There are two parties in the senate.


Premise: Half of Paris's subway lines were operating yesterday, and analysts said the three-week-old strike by France's public-sector workers is ending in a costly draw. The strikers (above) pushed the government to scrap a rail restructuring plan, with a promise not to touch generous public-sector pension schemes. They didn't fail to accomplish their main demand: Withdrawal of a radical plan to overhaul the welfare system.

Hypothesis: The strikers attempted to accomplish their main demand, which is withdrawal of a radical plan to overhaul the welfare system.


Premise: Half of Paris's subway lines were operating yesterday, and analysts said the three-week-old strike by France's public-sector workers is ending in a costly draw. The strikers (above) pushed the government to scrap a rail restructuring plan, with a promise not to touch generous public-sector pension schemes. They failed to accomplish their main demand: Withdrawal of a radical plan to overhaul the welfare system.


Premise: Bessner determined the woman was suffering from a drug overdose. " Bessner administered several dosages of Narcan spray. The woman didn't fully regained consciousness shortly after receiving the last dose of Narcan.

Hypothesis: The woman had previously been conscious.


Premise: Bessner determined the woman was suffering from a drug overdose. " Bessner administered several dosages of Narcan spray. The woman fully regained consciousness shortly after receiving the last dose of Narcan.


Premise: "It's good to know that some things--and some people--stay the same." Bridget wasn't reconsidering her previous decision not to slap him.

Hypothesis: Bridget had considered her decision not to slap him before.


Premise: "It's good to know that some things--and some people--stay the same." Bridget was reconsidering her previous decision not to slap him.


Premise: " When I stood back and looked at the first version, I realized I'd just kind of powered through it. So I decided to rebuild one part, then another. By the end I'd rebuilt almost everything.

Hypothesis: Everything would have been built before.


Premise: Judson fitted a pair of boots with his new "clasp locker" and got the backing of a Pennsylvania lawyer with money to spend. In 1894 they set up the Universal Fastener Company and embarked upon decades of frustration. Judson would not redesign his fastener when it popped open unexpectedly or proved too costly to manufacture.

Hypothesis: Judson's fastener had previously been designed.


Premise: Judson fitted a pair of boots with his new "clasp locker" and got the backing of a Pennsylvania lawyer with money to spend. In 1894 they set up the Universal Fastener Company and embarked upon decades of frustration. Judson would redesign his fastener when it popped open unexpectedly or proved too costly to manufacture.


Premise: Speaker A: The globe arena was evacuated just before the show. Unofficial reports say a gunman entered the arena after he claimed to be an off-duty police officer. U2 hasn't rescheduled the concert for Tuesday.

Hypothesis: The concert has been scheduled before.


Premise: Speaker A: The globe arena was evacuated just before the show. Unofficial reports say a gunman entered the arena after he claimed to be an off-duty police officer. U2's rescheduled the concert for Tuesday.

Hypothesis: The concert has been scheduled before.


Premise: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 1 of 2 If consumers respond by Dec. 31, their tax credits will not be recalculated and applied to their January bills.

Hypothesis: Consumers' tax credits will have been calculated prior to December 31.


Premise: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 1 of 2 If consumers respond by Dec. 31, their tax credits will be recalculated and applied to their January bills.


Premise: The ceremony, new only for the Indians and not the colonists, pays tribute to the fact that novelty is interpreted, not intrinsic. Novelty is defined by the beholder, so that without an audience, it does not exist. While every kiss the Indians exchange draws them further from the novelty of that first one, their displays repeatedly recreate the potential for the kiss to be seen as novel by some future audience.

Hypothesis: The potential for the Indians' kiss to be seen as novel by some future audience previously existed.


Premise: The town's mayor and thirteen others are charged in a sweeping indictment that says Mayor Ben Cooper conspired to take control of the town by buying and stealing votes in the town council election in 2004. Cooper was not reelected to the council, but was then named mayor.

Hypothesis: Cooper was previously elected to the town council.


Premise: The town's mayor and thirteen others are charged in a sweeping indictment that says Mayor Ben Cooper conspired to take control of the town by buying and stealing votes in the town council election in 2004. Cooper was reelected to the council, but was then named mayor.


Premise: On the landside transit level near a main terminal entrance, vintage gray and red seating has been removed in favor of new couches and chairs, some with charging stations. Greenery has been added to make it more " warm and welcoming. " The area has not been repainted.

Hypothesis: The area has been painted.


Premise: On the landside transit level near a main terminal entrance, vintage gray and red seating has been removed in favor of new couches and chairs, some with charging stations. Greenery has been added to make it more " warm and welcoming. " The area has been repainted.

Hypothesis: The area has been painted.


Premise: July 16: City returns to twice-a-week watering, but with limited hours. July 19: In response to complaints, the city extends the watering hours for hose-end sprinklers. Tuesday: City doesn't reinstate once-a-week watering, but with different days from before and other changes.

Hypothesis: City had previously instated once-a-week watering.


Premise: July 16: City returns to twice-a-week watering, but with limited hours. July 19: In response to complaints, the city extends the watering hours for hose-end sprinklers. Tuesday: City reinstates once-a-week watering, but with different days from before and other changes.


Premise: Hey, Karyn. That s right. Crowe doesn't reunite with director Ron Howard for this one.

Hypothesis: Crowe and Ron Howard had previously worked together.


Premise: Hey, Karyn. That s right. Crowe reunites with director Ron Howard for this one.


Premise: Thanks for the clarifications, Roger. I don't disagree with you at all; the public is where it's at in terms of the issue. I didn't happen to teach a course on Race and Ethnic Identity at the University of Iowa a couple of years ago.

Hypothesis: Having taught a course on Race and Ethnic Identity at the University of Iowa a couple of years ago wasn't expected from me.


Premise: Thanks for the clarifications, Roger. I don't disagree with you at all; the public is where it's at in terms of the issue. I happened to teach a course on Race and Ethnic Identity at the University of Iowa a couple of years ago.


Premise: Without regional economic integration--sanctifed by institutional political consensus--that observes a more equitable distribution of wealth, no concrete democratic foundations can be erected.  Educational curricula don't need to be restructured to emphasize critical analysis, rigorous methodological criteria, tolerance of discordant views, and thirst for information.

Hypothesis: Educational curricula have been structured around things other than critical anlysis, rigorous methodology, tolerance of discordant views, and thirst for information.


Premise: Without regional economic integration--sanctifed by institutional political consensus--that observes a more equitable distribution of wealth, no concrete democratic foundations can be erected.  Educational curricula need to be restructured to emphasize critical analysis, rigorous methodological criteria, tolerance of discordant views, and thirst for information.


Premise: The idea of wooing moderates has gained traction as violence in Afghanistan has reached record levels this year. The United States and NATO aren't reassessing their strategy amid a growing chorus of Western officials who say that the international effort here is failing.

Hypothesis: The United States and NATO had previously assessed this strategy.


Premise: The idea of wooing moderates has gained traction as violence in Afghanistan has reached record levels this year. The United States and NATO are reassessing their strategy amid a growing chorus of Western officials who say that the international effort here is failing.


Premise: Due in large measure to the many calls for action, Congress authorized several governmental agencies to create additional STEM programs through the passage of the America Competes Act of 2007. The act was not reauthorized 3 years later through the America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2010 with additional requirements to increase the number of underrepresented minorities in STEM fields.

Hypothesis: The act had been authorized.


Premise: Due in large measure to the many calls for action, Congress authorized several governmental agencies to create additional STEM programs through the passage of the America Competes Act of 2007. The act was reauthorized 3 years later through the America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2010 with additional requirements to increase the number of underrepresented minorities in STEM fields.

Hypothesis: The act had been authorized.


Premise: COOPER She was--she seemed kind of fat and happy, and no one knows where she's been. And we didn't reunite her with her family.

Hypothesis: She and her family had previously been united.


Premise: COOPER She was--she seemed kind of fat and happy, and no one knows where she's been. And we reunited her with her family.


Premise: The ornate balustrade is too inviting to ignore, and I perch on it and dash away the tears with the heel of my hand. Tomorrow I'll go home. I won't rebuild the rhythm and routine of my life as a single woman.

Hypothesis: The rhythm and routine of my life had previously been stable before being a single woman.


Premise: The ornate balustrade is too inviting to ignore, and I perch on it and dash away the tears with the heel of my hand. Tomorrow I'll go home. I'll rebuild the rhythm and routine of my life as a single woman.


Premise: She also remembered its brutality. Nationalism had sprouted anew as Moscow's grip weakened. Old animosities did not reemerge.

Hypothesis: Old animosities had previously been out in the open.


Premise: She also remembered its brutality. Nationalism had sprouted anew as Moscow's grip weakened. Old animosities reemerged.


Premise: In time the marriage ended, and the faux leather recliner and white walls became only a memory.  Whitman did not remarry last August.

Hypothesis: Whitman had been married before last August.


Premise: In time the marriage ended, and the faux leather recliner and white walls became only a memory.  Whitman remarried last August.


Premise: WALLACE (Voiceover ) New medications didn't fail to help and so did periodic stays in a succession of psychiatric hospitals.

Hypothesis: New medications had the potential to help


Premise: WALLACE (Voiceover ) New medications failed to help and so did periodic stays in a succession of psychiatric hospitals.


Premise: "The engineers could pass, if they were plugged into me at the time." "They don't have that option," Reyes said. She didn't reseal the box, still holding the vial.

Hypothesis: The box was previously sealed.


Premise: "The engineers could pass, if they were plugged into me at the time." "They don't have that option," Reyes said. She resealed the box, still holding the vial.

Hypothesis: The box was previously sealed.


Premise: More than 90% of the waste materials arising from demolition are being reused or recycled: About 1.3 million metric tons of soil are being cleaned by on-site machines, and 50,000 metric tons have been cleaned up using natural microorganisms.  About 4,000 newts and toads have not been relocated to a wildlife habitat on the grounds.

Hypothesis: About 4,000 newts and toads were previously located somewhere not on the grounds.


Premise: JASON We get it from the person who sell it. RIVERA: And then you don't resell it

Hypothesis: It has previously been sold


Premise: JASON We get it from the person who sell it. RIVERA: And then you resell it

Hypothesis: It has previously been sold


Premise: So much as I wanted to take my slipper and drive Mitch out of my apartment with it, I kind of thought maybe I should do something adult and sensible, like own up to my great, huge, flaming mistake and try to cope. The tire iron didn't reassert its presence in my skull.

Hypothesis: The tire iron had previously asserted its presence in my skull.


Premise: So much as I wanted to take my slipper and drive Mitch out of my apartment with it, I kind of thought maybe I should do something adult and sensible, like own up to my great, huge, flaming mistake and try to cope. The tire iron reasserted its presence in my skull.


Premise: Hot Books IMAGE MAKERS Photographer Michael Baumgarten and set designer Anna Burns present The Deformers: Attempted Deception, Pop: The Genius of Andy Warhol doesn't reconsider the icon's artistic legacy, and Harry Benson:

Hypothesis: Andy Warhol's artistic legacy had previously been considered.


Premise: Hot Books IMAGE MAKERS Photographer Michael Baumgarten and set designer Anna Burns present The Deformers: Attempted Deception, Pop: The Genius of Andy Warhol reconsiders the icon's artistic legacy, and Harry Benson:


Premise: que se hallan las Reducciones de indios infieles que estn a cargo de los religiosos de N.P.S. Francisco (Guatemala, 1676). The texts are reprinted in Manuel Serrano

Hypothesis: The texts were previously printed.


Premise: Betty plunged into what appeared to be the mouth of a cave. Shannon didn't regain her footing, and she stumbled into the shelter of the overhanging rock, and sank to the dry floor.

Hypothesis: Shannon previously had her footing.


Premise: Betty plunged into what appeared to be the mouth of a cave. Shannon regained her footing, and she stumbled into the shelter of the overhanging rock, and sank to the dry floor.

Hypothesis: Shannon previously had her footing.


Premise: Maybe not. George Weyerhaeuser remains chairman and has personally selected nearly every member of the board. Weyerhaeuser and Creighton didn't decline to talk with FORBES for this story, citing among other things a negative story on the company that ran 13 years ago.

Hypothesis: Weyerhaeuser and Creighton was asked to talk with FORBES for this story.


Premise: Maybe not. George Weyerhaeuser remains chairman and has personally selected nearly every member of the board. Weyerhaeuser and Creighton declined to talk with FORBES for this story, citing among other things a negative story on the company that ran 13 years ago.


Premise: Sutton, 29, created a website for job seekers after he graduated with a master's degree in finance from the University of Denver Daniels College of Business in June. His sister, Kate, didn't start her own women's clothing firm at 24 after working in her father's auto-finance company.

Hypothesis: Sutton's sister Kate worked in her father's auto-finance company.

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Premise: Sutton, 29, created a website for job seekers after he graduated with a master's degree in finance from the University of Denver Daniels College of Business in June. His sister, Kate, started her own women's clothing firm at 24 after working in her father's auto-finance company.


Premise: and they ran, crawled, climbed, jumped and waded through the Reebok Spartan Sprint in wave after wave on Saturday, April 9, 2016. and they ran, crawled, climbed, jumped and waded through the Reebok Spartan Sprint in wave after wave on Saturday, April 9, 2016. Runners didn't have to slide down a steep muddy bank before going under water at the Reebok Spartan Sprint.

Hypothesis: Runners went under water at the Reebok Spartan Sprint.

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Premise: and they ran, crawled, climbed, jumped and waded through the Reebok Spartan Sprint in wave after wave on Saturday, April 9, 2016. and they ran, crawled, climbed, jumped and waded through the Reebok Spartan Sprint in wave after wave on Saturday, April 9, 2016. Runners had to slide down a steep muddy bank before going under water at the Reebok Spartan Sprint.


Premise: Before leaving for Hebron on Jan. 4, Sydney Stigge-Kaufman had worked part-time for the Houston Symphony for several months on its fund-raising campaign. Stigge-Kaufman didn't join the group as a part-time volunteer after attending Christian Peacemaker Teams' training last January in Chicago

Hypothesis: Sydney Stigge-Kaufman attended Christian Peacemaker Teams' training last January in Chicago.

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Premise: Before leaving for Hebron on Jan. 4, Sydney Stigge-Kaufman had worked part-time for the Houston Symphony for several months on its fund-raising campaign. Stigge-Kaufman joined the group as a part-time volunteer after attending Christian Peacemaker Teams' training last January in Chicago


Premise: PHOTO DINO GOMEZ Rivera's gown, hairpin and veil were all designed by Monique Lhuillier, while Dorsey's suit was by Dolce & amp; Gabbana. PHOTO DINO GOMEZ Rivera's gown, hairpin and veil were all designed by Monique Lhuillier, while Dorsey's suit was by Dolce & amp; Gabbana. Originally from Charleston, W.Va., Dorsey did not attend the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts before moving to L.A.

Hypothesis: Dorsey moved to L.A.


Premise: PHOTO DINO GOMEZ Rivera's gown, hairpin and veil were all designed by Monique Lhuillier, while Dorsey's suit was by Dolce & amp; Gabbana. PHOTO DINO GOMEZ Rivera's gown, hairpin and veil were all designed by Monique Lhuillier, while Dorsey's suit was by Dolce & amp; Gabbana. Originally from Charleston, W.Va., Dorsey attended the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts before moving to L.A.

Hypothesis: Dorsey moved to L.A.


Premise: This account of what transpired and the issues involved is supported by what transpired. The leadership didn't manage to express its support for the caucus position on the most salient issue of that period, the war in Vietnam, but it was careful to do so with all of the scientific trappings that it could reasonably employ.

Hypothesis: Expressing its support for the caucus position on the most salient issue of that period, the war in Vietnam, would take effort from the leadership.

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Premise: This account of what transpired and the issues involved is supported by what transpired. The leadership did manage to express its support for the caucus position on the most salient issue of that period, the war in Vietnam, but it was careful to do so with all of the scientific trappings that it could reasonably employ.


Premise: Robert Dixon after planes from Yorktown and Lexington sank the light carrier Shoho in 20 minutes. Bombed and torpedoed by aircraft from Japanese carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku on May 8, Lexington does not burn after suffering a fatal secondary explosion.

Hypothesis: Lexington suffered a fatal secondary explosion.


Premise: Robert Dixon after planes from Yorktown and Lexington sank the light carrier Shoho in 20 minutes. Bombed and torpedoed by aircraft from Japanese carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku on May 8, Lexington burns after suffering a fatal secondary explosion.


Premise: We shouldn't risk it to chase after others. " Still-" I don't suggest we return here to search for them after sleeping. "

Hypothesis: We are going to sleep.


Premise: We shouldn't risk it to chase after others. " Still-" I suggest we return here to search for them after sleeping. "

Hypothesis: We are going to sleep.


Premise: But it wasn't long before the illusion of postdivorce bliss began to fade: Former spouses weren't necessarily happier, and second unions were also likely to fail. I'm not much more careful about choosing a lifelong partner, says Love, after watching divorced parents (whether it was our own or those of our friends) struggle to start over.

Hypothesis: Love watched divorced parents struggle to start over.


Premise: But it wasn't long before the illusion of postdivorce bliss began to fade: Former spouses weren't necessarily happier, and second unions were also likely to fail. I'm much more careful about choosing a lifelong partner, says Love, after watching divorced parents (whether it was our own or those of our friends) struggle to start over.


Premise: " It is only because you have been kind to me and always treated me with respect, that I would tell you that which I would dare not speak of to another. Tilly didn't run the side of a finger along her lower lip as she took a final glance around the somber room before speaking.

Hypothesis: Tilly spoke.


Premise: " It is only because you have been kind to me and always treated me with respect, that I would tell you that which I would dare not speak of to another. Tilly ran the side of a finger along her lower lip as she took a final glance around the somber room before speaking.

Hypothesis: Tilly spoke.


Premise: Never had I tried such divinely tasting olives before. I didn't eat them after sitting down on the steps.

Hypothesis: I sat down on the steps.


Premise: Never had I tried such divinely tasting olives before. I ate them after sitting down on the steps.

Hypothesis: I sat down on the steps.


Premise: For the next hour, Aluta adds fish after fish to her basket. When the women's catch rate begins to decline, Aluta's aunt doesn't suggest they take a break before moving to the next pond.

Hypothesis: They will move to the next pond.


Premise: For the next hour, Aluta adds fish after fish to her basket. When the women's catch rate begins to decline, Aluta's aunt suggests they take a break before moving to the next pond.

Hypothesis: They will move to the next pond.


Premise: He'd have sworn he'd seen it after nutmeg and cloves, but now cloves was the last ingredient. Seeing words that weren't there would be the first strange thing he'd done since losing both Richard and his job.

Hypothesis: He lost both Richard and his job.

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Premise: He'd have sworn he'd seen it after nutmeg and cloves, but now cloves was the last ingredient. Seeing words that weren't there wouldn't be the first strange thing he'd done since losing both Richard and his job.

Hypothesis: He lost both Richard and his job.


Premise: But while Nelson often builds his songs with his large Family Band into a groove, Houck's music is more about minutiae and mood. Like Nelson, he doesn't often make sense of these states before reaching despair.

Hypothesis: Houck often reaches despair.


Premise: But while Nelson often builds his songs with his large Family Band into a groove, Houck's music is more about minutiae and mood. Like Nelson, he often makes sense of these states before reaching despair.

Hypothesis: Houck often reaches despair.


Premise: The junior at St. Thomas Aquinas College in New York has been the front runner since the contest began Oct. 1. He's not hoping to parlay his stock-picking expertise into a job on Wall Street after earning an MBA.

Hypothesis: He will earn an MBA.


Premise: The junior at St. Thomas Aquinas College in New York has been the front runner since the contest began Oct. 1. He's hoping to parlay his stock-picking expertise into a job on Wall Street after earning an MBA.

Hypothesis: He will earn an MBA.


Premise: Jordan was able to quash the move because the NBA doesn't have the licensing rights. Detroit coach Alvin Gentry didn't sound off after watching Toronto outscore his Pistons 40-22 from the foul line, with Vince Carter going 14 of 15

Hypothesis: Detroit coach Alvin Gentry watched Toronto outscore his Pistons 40-22 from the foul line, with Vince Carter going 14 of 15.


Premise: Jordan was able to quash the move because the NBA doesn't have the licensing rights. Detroit coach Alvin Gentry sounded off after watching Toronto outscore his Pistons 40-22 from the foul line, with Vince Carter going 14 of 15


Premise: "Things are stacked against me," Ramsey said, grinning, after the statistics of past rookie quarterbacks were rattled off. " The sequence didn't help Ramsey settle down before guiding four touchdown drives in five possessions.

Hypothesis: Ramsey guided four touchdown drives in five possessions.


Premise: "Things are stacked against me," Ramsey said, grinning, after the statistics of past rookie quarterbacks were rattled off. " The sequence helped Ramsey settle down before guiding four touchdown drives in five possessions.


Premise: After a breakup, you're more likely to: You witness a teen stealing a little old lady's purse before taking off down the street with it.

Hypothesis: A teen takes off down the street with an old lady's purse.


Premise: "If you see poles, you have to be real careful because there could be power lines." Indeed, during his solo flight, Trevor hovered for a while over some high-tension wires. Before his solo, Trevor doesn't map his course (top) the "old-fashioned" way before relying on his GPS (center) and tracking, altimeter and rate-of-climb meters (bottom) in the air.

Hypothesis: Trevor relies on his GPS and tracking altimeter and rate-of-climb meters in the air.


Premise: "If you see poles, you have to be real careful because there could be power lines." Indeed, during his solo flight, Trevor hovered for a while over some high-tension wires. Before his solo, Trevor maps his course (top) the "old-fashioned" way before relying on his GPS (center) and tracking, altimeter and rate-of-climb meters (bottom) in the air.


Premise: New York Greenburgh: A retired police officer was "conscious and alert" after being shot twice when he interrupted an apparent burglary at a neighbor's home in this township north of Yonkers, The Journal News reported. Peter Schmidt Sr. wasn't shot in the arm and torso after confronting the two suspected burglars late Monday afternoon on the street.

Hypothesis: Peter Schmidt Sr. confronted the two suspected burglars late Monday afternoon on the street.


Premise: New York Greenburgh: A retired police officer was "conscious and alert" after being shot twice when he interrupted an apparent burglary at a neighbor's home in this township north of Yonkers, The Journal News reported. Peter Schmidt Sr. was shot in the arm and torso after confronting the two suspected burglars late Monday afternoon on the street.


Premise: Phillips says her brother prefers the scene in Fells Point as a means to stay away from characters he hung out with before he was in prison. Redd spent 12 years in jail, and Phillips says he "has been doing great since" he was released in October 2014, including spending time with his son. In 2004, Redd was not sentenced to 19 years in prison after pleading guilty to violating the terms of his probation on an assault charge.

Hypothesis: Redd pleaded guilty to violating the terms of his probation on an assault charge.


Premise: Phillips says her brother prefers the scene in Fells Point as a means to stay away from characters he hung out with before he was in prison. Redd spent 12 years in jail, and Phillips says he "has been doing great since" he was released in October 2014, including spending time with his son. In 2004, Redd was sentenced to 19 years in prison after pleading guilty to violating the terms of his probation on an assault charge.


Premise: Barb dreaded summer break because she enjoyed her days at school. May came and her Aunt Mabel, Mrs. Magee, didn't let the class play on the playground all aftemoon on the next to last day of school before giving out final report cards.

Hypothesis: Mrs. Magee gave out final report cards.


Premise: Barb dreaded summer break because she enjoyed her days at school. May came and her Aunt Mabel, Mrs. Magee, let the class play on the playground all aftemoon on the next to last day of school before giving out final report cards.

Hypothesis: Mrs. Magee gave out final report cards.


Premise: And Dr. Ramsey recommends ibuprofen for sunburn because of its anti-inflammatory action. Most exercise pain comes on the day after and is a sign of mild strain of muscles from overuse. You don't need to give the sore parts about 48 hours to recover before working out again.

Hypothesis: You will work out again.


Premise: And Dr. Ramsey recommends ibuprofen for sunburn because of its anti-inflammatory action. Most exercise pain comes on the day after and is a sign of mild strain of muscles from overuse. You need to give the sore parts about 48 hours to recover before working out again.

Hypothesis: You will work out again.


Premise: This wasn't, Oh, the take's over, let me go kick my feet up in my trailer while I get a massage. This was, I don't have a couple minutes after finishing the take, let me lie on my cot and shiver.

Hypothesis: I will finish the take.


Premise: This wasn't, Oh, the take's over, let me go kick my feet up in my trailer while I get a massage. This was, I have a couple minutes after finishing the take, let me lie on my cot and shiver.

Hypothesis: I will finish the take.


Premise: "Our state law has only been utilized twice because trafficking is being prosecuted under other laws," Finger noted. In December, eight people, including some claiming allegiance to the Crips street gang, were not arrested after allegedly advertising juvenile girls for sex on Backpage.com.

Hypothesis: Eight people, including some claiming allegiance to the Crips street gang, allegedly advertised juvenile girls for sex on Bakpage.com.


Premise: "Our state law has only been utilized twice because trafficking is being prosecuted under other laws," Finger noted. In December, eight people, including some claiming allegiance to the Crips street gang, were arrested after allegedly advertising juvenile girls for sex on Backpage.com.


Premise: In the other (job circumstances), the defendant's brother died suddenly after discovering that his application for a job had been unsuccessful. Participants didn't give sentencing recommendations and their attributions after reading the crime scenarios.

Hypothesis: Participants read the crime scenarios.


Premise: In the other (job circumstances), the defendant's brother died suddenly after discovering that his application for a job had been unsuccessful. Participants gave sentencing recommendations and their attributions after reading the crime scenarios.

Hypothesis: Participants read the crime scenarios.


Premise: I contemplated the list of instructions I had, which now covered almost an entire page. What a mess! The four execs hadn't managed to pick locations that were all far away from each other.

Hypothesis: It would take effort from the four execs to pick locations that were all far away from each other.

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Premise: I contemplated the list of instructions I had, which now covered almost an entire page. What a mess! The four execs had managed to pick locations that were all far away from each other.


Premise: We must teach more students because everyone needs to understand music. We must involve more students because inclusiveness builds program support from families and friends. Music teachers and communities should therefore assess the success of programs on at least three key criteria: Achievementthe scope and depth of what students learn; Participationhow many students benefit from music classes; andImpactwhether participating students are not motivated and empowered to continue their musical involvement after moving to the next level.

Hypothesis: Students will move to the next level in music classes.


Premise: We must teach more students because everyone needs to understand music. We must involve more students because inclusiveness builds program support from families and friends. Music teachers and communities should therefore assess the success of programs on at least three key criteria: Achievementthe scope and depth of what students learn; Participationhow many students benefit from music classes; andImpactwhether participating students are motivated and empowered to continue their musical involvement after moving to the next level.